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SuperSMITH Software Package |
Order your software and books by email, FAX
(1-281-852-3749), Phone (1-281-852-6810) or by snail mail (Paul Barringer,
Barringer & Associates, Inc.,
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Diskette Quantity or Terminals |
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PlayTIME |
The New Weibull |
WinSMITH WSW* |
WinSMITH WSV* |
[Software only] [Software only] |
SuperSMITH
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100 |
$48 |
$98 |
$580 |
$480 |
$840 |
$960 |
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2 |
90 |
$48 |
$98 |
$522 |
$432 |
$756 |
$864 |
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3 – 6 |
80 |
$48 |
$98 |
$464 |
$384 |
$672 |
$768 |
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7 – 19 |
70 |
$48 |
$98 |
$406 |
$336 |
$588 |
$672 |
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20+ |
67 |
$48 |
$98 |
$388 |
$322 |
$562 |
$644 |
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Upgrades to the latest version
of the same software are 30% of list price (no discounts) |
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Prices
Subject To Change Without Notice |
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The complete home study course is available for $1050 + s/h which includes WinSMITH Weibull, WinSMITH Visual, YBATH, The New Weibull Handbook, the Basic Weibull/Visual
Software Training Manual, and a CD of New Methods for Life Data
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WSW, and WSV
software operate on Windows 98, NT, 2000, Windows XP, Windows |
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Prices in US$ (add shipping and
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Add shipping and handling charges to the
prices in the table:
US
$30 handling charge for USA DHL second day delivery for the
US $50.00+ for DHL
deliveries (duties payable on receiving end) for outside of the
for
Terms are net 10 days for purchase orders--Credit cards accepted.
SuperSMITH is a bundled
package of Windows programs from Fulton Findings for reliability
and variability solutions on a personal computer at a discount price for:
WinSMITH Weibull (probability plots) [The Swedish name
Waloddi Weibull is pronounced—
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Swedish- Norwegian- German- French- Polish- American- |
Wa-Loddi Vay-Bull Wa-Loddi
Vay-Bull Vee-Low-D Vee-Bull Wah-Lodi Way-Bull Vah-Lodi Vy-Bull Wah-Low-D Y-Bull |
WinSMITH Visual (reliability growth and
other plots).
The New Weibull Handbook 5th edition by Dr.
Robert B. Abernethy, and
PlayTIME for SuperSMITH
computer tutorial with data sets.
Place your orders
by: email 
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Phone:
281-852-6810, FAX: 281-852-3749 or
by mail to:
Special note about 32-bit software:
1) Supports long file names,
2) Better network interfacing especially for printing,
3) Approximately twice as large program files than for 16-bit software
4) Runs on Windows 95, 98, and NT but WILL NOT run on early Windows 3.1
platforms
*Abbreviations noted in the table are:----
WSW
= WinSMITH Weibull for
Windows--the probability plotting software.
WSV
= WinSMITH Visual for
Windows--the general curve fitting and plotting software.
NWH
= The New Weibull Handbook (5th
edition) by Dr. Robert B. Abernethy--the reference text for all the SuperSMITH software
PT =
PlayTIME
for SuperSMITH with data sets--the step-by-step
tutorial for use of WSW and WSV
SS = SuperSMITH = WSW +
WSV + YBATH + NWH + PT
See trademark and copyright notices at the bottom of this page.
Section 1: Free Demo versions of WinSMITH Weibull and WinSMITH Visual software are available for download. The demo software can be converted to working software by an electronic key for those who need immediate software upon receipt of credit card details for payment---so if you're in a hurry for software we can do it quickly. Want to know what changes have been made to the software?--download the demo and read the help file.
SuperSMITH performs all of the techniques covered in The New Weibull Handbook. This standard for performing lifetime data analysis (called Weibull analysis) is used by thousands of company's worldwide.
Section 2: Site licenses or network server licenses pricing is the same
as quantity prices using simultaneous user quantity (terminals) instead of copy
quantity. One copy of disk(s) is provided. Purchaser’s LAN
Manager is responsible for limiting
usage to quantity of licenses purchased. Purchase quantity of 50
allows unlimited number of users. Use must be by purchaser's workers for
purchaser's activities. Access may be local or remote. When purchasing Site or
Network licenses, ask for an authorization letter for the LAN manger's
authorization file. You can download a
copy of the software
license agreement.
Some “license monitoring or metering software” which may be helpful for LAN
mangers can be found at:
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Citrix Systems using Metaframe XP version or higher has a built-in
License Meter Manager metering capability accessible through this dialog box:
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Express Meter http://www.expressmetrix.com/products/em.asp
· Express Software Manager http://www.expressmetrix.com/products/esm.asp
· KeyServer http://www.sassafras.com/keyserver.html
· Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 http://www.microsoft.com/catalog/display.asp?subid=22&site=650&x=42&y=7
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Sitekeeper http://www.execsoft.com/sitekeeper/sitekeeper.asp?ad=go?
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TTWeb http://www.ttwin.com/docs/ttweb.pdf
Server/LAN Operation: Server/LAN use is completely acceptable given that the
purchaser’s network administration limits access to one simultaneous user per
purchased copy of the software. The
software reads information from the command line (can be different for each
user) to assist LAN operation. Add “-cXXX” to the command line to store user-specific
configuration files into path XXX. Add
“-tYYY” for temporary file storage location as path
YYY. Include a space between
entries. Please see the HELP file in the
software for more command line examples (search for L.A.N in the help file).
Here is a
worked-out, simple, example so that LAN managers can use as an installation
template:
1. My local computer is identified as Dell3g.
On Dell3g,
I made a local subdirectory C:\SMITHDAT
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Store data files from WinSMITH Weibull and
WinSMITH Visual into this subdirectory.
Also store the SMITH.INI configuration files into this location.
2. My server is identified as Dellserver.
The WinSMITH Weibull executable is located
on the server where it was installed from a CD into D:\SMITHW
During installation on the server, three
Visual BASIC V6 custom control files were installed with OCX extensions.
Look in the server Windows\System32 directory for these three files which must be
copied and installed onto the local machines:
PICCLP32.OCX
THREED32.OCX
SPIN32.OCX ßIf you don’t install
these three files, the local machine will squawk!
The WinSMITH Weibull executable is located
at D:\SMITHW\SMITHW.EXE .
3. On the local computer, Dell3g, right click the mouse on the desktop to create a new short
cut.
The target address in the shortcut box is \\Dellserver\D\SMITHW\SMITHW.EXE –cC:\SMITHDAT.
Name the shortcut icon WSW.
Please
note the -c command
following the EXE tells the program
to store my Dell3g
configuration
file in the subdirectory C:\SMITHDAT
4. Double click on the shortcut icon to wake up
WinSMITH Weibull for duty.
Verify the C:\SMITHDAT subdirectory contains configuration file SMITH.INI to remember local settings
for the software.
5. Create a new icon on your desktop for
WinSMITH Visual.
The target address is \\Dellserver\D\SMITHW\SMITHV.EXE –cC:\SMITHDAT.
Name the shortcut icon WSV.
6. Set up the metering software on the server
such as Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0
Limit the number of simultaneous users to
the number of seats of software purchased.
ßThis
is the LAN manager’s responsibility.
7. Tell your reliability engineers to go solve
some problems that save money using the software as a tool.
Special note for LAN mangers: You MUST install the software directly on the server. If you install the software on another computer and then copy the directories to the server, you will miss some of the DLL/OCX files written to the Windows system directory---then the software will not function—thus install the software directly onto the server to avoid a common error.
Order SuperSMITH products by purchase order,
credit card, or by sending a check to the address shown on the home page of this web site.
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Section 3: The New Weibull Handbook—5th
edition published by Dr. Robert B.
Abernethy is also shipped with SuperSMITH
software. Single copies of The New Weibull Handbook are available at $98.00
plus shipping and handling. Dr. Abernethy's book shows how to use the software
in solving practical problems. It contains step by step instructions for
performing a Weibull analysis and related techniques such as forecasting
failure quantity expected, WeiBayes comparison,
substantiation test planning, least cost replacement interval, and related
techniques, with several case studies for each method included. The New Weibull
Handbook will help you solve your reliability problems using SuperSMITH software. Click here for prices of the SuperSMITH bundles and referenced in the NWH paperware.
Dr. Abernethy also offers EagleEYE(SM) service to quickly review your data, using
concepts detailed in the handbook, and provide comments on what he observes in
your data sets.
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Section 4: PlayTIME for SuperSMITH is
published by Dr. Robert B.
Abernethy as a computer tutorial booklet with data diskette containing the
tutorial data files. The tutorial provides keystroke details for solving
problems using Fulton Findings software. The problems are derived from the
Weibull Analysis classroom training programs with updates for illustrating
software features. This tutorial will decrease the time required for mastering
Weibull software
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Section 5: WinSMITH
Weibull makes probability plots, reliability calculations, and much more.
WinSMITH Weibull (WSW) software for Windows performs all of the Weibull
techniques in the NWH. WSW contains results of independent research with
several methods developed by Dr. Abernethy in Cooperation with Fulton Findings.
Many of these techniques are not available elsewhere such as
likelihood ratio confidence, simplified design (set) comparison, Kaplan-Meier
simulation and solution, critical correlation coefficient, sudden-death WeiBayes, parameter as a function of engineering variable,
etc. WinSMITH Weibull for Windows uses Weibull, Normal, Log-normal equations or
Gumbel distributions and replaces DOS programs such as WeibullSMITH
(previously the leading Weibull analysis software), BiWeibullSMITH,
and MonteCarloSMITH.
WSW can now analize bi-weibull
data sets (without the restrictions beta<1 and beta>1of the DOS based
software) Click here
for prices of individual WSW
software or for the SuperSMITH bundles.
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Section 6: WinSMITH Visual makes
Crow/Duane/AMSAA plots, optimum replacement plots, pdf
plots, and much more. WinSMITH Visual (WSV) software for
Windows provides general scientific plotting. It includes Crow/AMSAA modeling
for reliability growth analysis, probability density functions, cumulative
distribution functions (regular scaling), likelihood contours, least-cost replacement
intervals, failure forecasts, and histograms---all from WinSMITH Weibull files.
The likelihood contour comparison capability is not available elsewhere.
The program also includes function plots, data transforms (global edit), and
curve fitting as well as X-Y plots, bar charts, and pie graphs. Click here for prices of individual WSV software or for the SuperSMITH bundles.
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Section 7: Quantity prices and site licenses (see Section 2 for site licenses monitoring software)--
1) Quantity prices are "adjusted unit prices" for quantity purchased.
2) Site license or network server pricing is the same as quantity prices using simultaneous user quantity (terminals) instead of copy quantity. One copy of disk(s) provided. Purchaser is responsible for limiting usage to quantity purchased. Purchase quantity of 50 allows unlimited number of users. Use must be by purchaser's workers for purchaser's activities. Access may be local or remote.
3) Maintenance for site license or network server includes upgrade to latest version at any time upon request while maintenance is funded. New version notification is on http://www.weibullnews.com. Maintenance cost is 30% of current purchase price payable at the beginning of each year funded.
4) Unauthorized copying of Fulton Findings or Bathtub Software is not allowed.
So, you've got three options for licenses: 1) Unlimited LAN use, 2) limited
LAN use, or 3) multiple copies for individual PCs. Here are examples of the
software costs for several cases:
Example 1): Unlimited LAN license for SuperSMITH software at current US$960 list price (adjust
the price for 50 copies = US$644/each) for a total cost = US$32,000 plus
shipping and handling. Special note: copies of The New Weibull Handbook
(US$98/copy) and PlayTIME for SuperSMITH
(US$48/copy) are additional costs for unlimited LAN licenses—specify quantities
required.
Example 2): 10 users server license for only
WinSMITH Weibull at current US$580 list price (adjust the price for 10 copies =
US$406/each) for a total cost = US$4,060 plus shipping and handling.
Example 3): 5 copies for installation on
individual PCs of WinSMITH Visual at current US$480 list price (adjust the
price for 5 copies = US$384/each) for a total cost = US$1,920 plus shipping and
handling. Click here
for prices of individual
software prices or for the SuperSMITH bundles.
Consider running 32-bit versions of WinSMITH Weibull and WinSMITH Visual on LANs using a
network license
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Section 8: Want to run WinSMITH Weibull and WinSMITH Visual on your MAC operating system?
Microsoft’s Virtual PC for Mac was the subject of The Mossberg Report in the Wall Street Journal on December 2003 at which time the product was reported from Connectix although Microsoft acquired Connectix technology in February 2003. You can also see a demo of Virtual PC for MAC software.
Users are reporting good success with Parallels software running
on MAC’s with Intel-based chips.
Others are using VMware Fusion
running on a MAC with Intel-based chips?
Of course for all these
virtual systems, you must also load a copy of Windows operating system (suggest
you load Windows XP as it operates faster than
Section 9: General Information: SuperSMITH
programs such as WinSMITH Weibull, WinSMITH Visual, and YBATH are Windows based
programs. They run on standard PCs or
standard PCs attached to LANs.
Standard printers can be used such as Laserjet™ II
and III and Laserjet 4, HGPL™, DeskJet™ 1200C using
HGPL files, plotter drivers, and dot matrix printers use the GRAPHICS.COM
utility from DOS 4.01+ . The programs are also mouse compatible and run on
networks when the individual computer has at least the minimum main memory
available. Hardcopy outputs are avail. directly from the simple ASCII screen
dumps. Data can be input manually, imported from ASCII formats, or imported
from columns in Excel *.CSV formats. WinSMITH Weibull is a Windows based
program with all the capabilities (and more) of WeibullSMITH.
WinSMITH Weibull,
WinSMITH Visual, SuperSmith, VisualSMITH,
WeibullSMITH, and Fulton Findings are trademarks
belonging to Fulton Findings. The New Weibull Handbook, and PlayTIME
with SuperSMITH are copyrights belonging to Dr.
Robert B. Abernethy. LaserJet, HPGL, and
DeskJet are trademarks belonging to Hewlett-Packard, Inc. PC/XT/AT/PS2 are
trademarks belonging to IBM, Inc. Excel and Windows are trademarks belonging to
Microsoft Corporation.
All prices are subject to change without notice. Shipping, handling, and duties are extras.
You can download a PDF copy of this page concerning software
prices and licensing details.
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